In One Month...

[bunnymendelbaum]

My parents will come here to move all our outdoor stuff and take my girls away so DH & I can pack. We are hoping it will take 3 days? We are using a POD.
EEk. I'm excited and sad.

[downtoearth]

Wow, that isn't too far off and packing without the girls around seems WAY more efficient. So I'm guessing that last rental was the One, right?

[bunnymendelbaum]

Yes. We got that rental. Thank goodness too because there is nothing out there!
It's 1.7 miles from the downtown area we wanted to be walkable to which is a bummer, but we are very close to a terrific pool and rec center. We are thinking of getting a bike trailer for the girls to bike to the downtown area.

I haven't packed or purged a single thing yet and I'm started to get nervous. We need to purge a bit soon for a neighborhood yard sale.

[downtoearth]

Apr 16, 2014 13:17:11 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Yes. We got that rental. Thank goodness too because there is nothing out there!
It's 1.7 miles from the downtown area we wanted to be walkable to which is a bummer, but we are very close to a terrific pool and rec center. We are thinking of getting a bike trailer for the girls to bike to the downtown area.

I haven't packed or purged a single thing yet and I'm started to get nervous. We need to purge a bit soon for a neighborhood yard sale.

We used to take the kids downtown in a bike trailer in the Denver area and we lived 1.6 miles from downtown.   Someone on CEP has a bucket thing in the front of their commuter to take kids to daycare everyday - I can't remember who. 

Also, I've always wanted a Surley cargo bike or Xtracycle with a baby seat and a spot for another kiddo to hold on, but now that I only have the littlest to ride with me (the other two can ride on their own), I can't justify it anymore.

www.xtracycle.com/family

[bunnymendelbaum]

Apr 16, 2014 13:41:03 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

We used to take the kids downtown in a bike trailer in the Denver area and we lived 1.6 miles from downtown.   Someone on CEP has a bucket thing in the front of their commuter to take kids to daycare everyday - I can't remember who. 

Also, I've always wanted a Surley cargo bike or Xtracycle with a baby seat and a spot for another kiddo to hold on, but now that I only have the littlest to ride with me (the other two can ride on their own), I can't justify it anymore.

www.xtracycle.com/family

Do you remember the brand you had? I don't want to spend too much because we will likely hit the 100lb weight limit between both of them next summer, but I don't want to be unsafe. (We do only have to cross one street that is not a small neighborhood street.) Are the $200 instep/Schwinn ones ok?

[downtoearth]

We have an older Trek one (my DH worked in a bike shop for awhile and it was from a former coworker from there, so free).

Anyway, I've used Burley, Chariot, Trek and In Step on my bikes over the years. Wow, that's a lot, but I did nanny and borrowed friends and I've had kids for almost 8 years now. Anyway, the Chariot had the nicest features, but wasn't affordable when we had our first. The Burley and Trek seem very similar (actually Burley designed/made Trek's like 10 years ago) and the In Step was a little heavier, but once you put two kids and gear in there, you don't notice the difference between the chariot and in-step at all. We did a 14 mile ride with a borrowed in-step on vacation and it was great, so I say look for a deal on those.

Oh and I saw an In-Step on a sale end-cap at Target last fall for $69.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Thanks so much!